A total of 17 surgeons will participate in the Leadership Program in Health Policy and Management in June at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, in June.

Each year, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) partners with 16 surgical specialty groups to help design the course and award scholarships to surgeons who are ACS Fellows and members in good standing of these organizations. The scholarships pay for participation in the week-long, intensive course. Each scholar is then expected to provide a year’s service in a health policy-related capacity to the College and the cosponsoring surgical specialty society. See details about the scholarship program and past participants. This year’s awardees are as follows: